Tech Girls Canada and Ms Muzaffar

reminders: This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone The startup world is rife with reminders of how much somebody like me still does not belong there in 2015, says Ms, according to Globe and Mail. Muzaffar, senior director of marketing for software provider Audience View and founder of Tech Girls Canada, which promotes women and minorities in the field. Born and raised in Pakistan, the 38-year-old entrepreneur has been told it a good thing she doesn’t have an accent – in other words, it a good thing she sounds white. Data on people of colour in technology companies offer the same reminders, and while much attention has been given to the massive gender disparity in the field, far less has been paid to the issue of race. Google released a report on diversity in its ranks last year and many of its major tech peers, including Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter, Intel and HP, followed suit. Canadian statistics are not readily available, but diversity reports from U.S. tech giants offer a glimpse. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.